FIELD: control systems.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to control devices. System comprises a display device, a closed captioning controller configured to display closed captioning text for a media item during playback on the display device, and an eye tracking device configured to detect a location of a user's gaze relative to the display device, and send the location to the closed captioning controller. Closed captioning controller is configured to recognise a predetermined gaze pattern of the user's gaze and, upon detecting the predetermined gaze pattern, partially or completely deemphasise the display of the closed captioning text.
EFFECT: enabling control of closed captioning using an eye tracking device.
8 cl, 19 dwg
